Kakadu18 said:
The Zelda series sold combined with remasters and remakes over 110 million copies, that's over 90 million without BotW. 2D Zelda games are in fact all without exception mainline Zelda games. There are 19 mainline Zelda games. Here are all numbers: The Legend of Zelda (1986)- 6.51mil Zelda II: The Adventure of Link (1987) - 4.38mil The Legend of Zelda: A Link to the Past (1991) - 4.61mil The Legend of Zelda: Link's Awakening (1993) - 3.83mil The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time (1998) - 7.6mil The Legend of Zelda: Majora's Mask (2000) - 3.36mil The Legend of Zelda: Oracle of Ages/Seasons (2001, they are counted each as a mainline entry) - 3.99mil The Legend of Zelda: The Wind Waker (2002) - 4.43mil The Legend of Zelda: A Link to the Past & Four Swords (2002, yes Four Swords is a mainline game) - 2.82mil The Legend of Zelda: Four Swords Adventures (2004) - 930k The Legend of Zelda: The Minish Cap (2004) - 1.76mil The Legend of Zelda: Twilight Princess (2006) - 8.85mil The Legend of Zelda: Phantom Hourglass (2007) - 4.76mil The Legend of Zelda: Spirit Tracks (2009) - 2.96mil The Legend of Zelda: Skyward Sword (2011) - 3.67mil The Legend of Zelda: A Link Between Worlds (2013) - 4.16mil The Legend of Zelda: Triforce Heroes (2015) - 1.34mil The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild (2017) - 23.14mil So not counting remakes and remasters all Zelda games before BotW sold 69.96 million copies. Here are the remakes and remasters: The Legend of Zelda: Link's Awakening DX (1998) - 2.22mil Classic NES series: The Legend of Zelda (2004) - 860k Classic NES series: Zelda II: The Adventure of Link (2004) - 660k The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time 3D (2011) - 6.22mil The Legend of Zelda: The Wind Waker HD (2013) - 2.22mil The Legend of Zelda: Majora's Mask 3D (2015) - 3.28mil The Legend of Zelda: Twilight Princess HD (2016) - 1.13mil The Legend of Zelda: Link's Awakening (2019) - 4.57mil Adding those to the number we get 91.12 million copies of mainline Zelda games sold that are not Breath of the Wild. The 3D Zelda games before BotW on their original releases sold a combined 27.91mil, so yes BotW is going to outsell that number. You're right about that, but you would have to specify it. 2D Zelda games are also mainline Zelda games. Here are all spinoffs: Link's Crossbow Training (2007) Hyrule Warriors (2014) Hyrule Warriors Legends (2015) Hyrule Warriors: Definitive Edition (2018) Cadence of Hyrule (2019) Hyrule Warriors: Age of Calamity (2020) Then there are also a few Tingle games and a Twilight Princess themed Picross game. All games with "The Legend of Zelda" at the start of their name are mainline games. They all count. | 
